Professor Philip Pecorino was born in Flushing, Queens, New
York City. He was educated in New York City and by the City. He attended
Boston College where he received an A. B. Degree, magna cum laude, in
Mathematics and Philosophy. He went on to graduate school at Fordham
University, where he received both an M. A. and a Ph. D. in Philosophy. He
has also attended New York University for post graduate work in Educational
Psychology.

Dr. Pecorino has held offices in local and national
organizations. Among them are:

Executive Officer, Long Island Philosophical Society.

President, Eastern Division, Community College Humanities
Association

Chairperson, American Philosophical Association, Committee
on Two-Year College Philosophy.

President, American Association of Philosophy Teachers

Professor Pecorino has published several articles in
philosophical publications, humanities publications and elsewhere.

17. " Perspectives on Death and Dying: Course
Syllabus," in Resources, Instructional Materials and Syllabi for
Courses on the Sociology of Death and Dying, Washington, D.C.:
American Sociological Association,1986.

12. Member of the Shared
Vision Task Force on the Humanities and Technical Curricula funded by
the Fund for the Improvement Post-Secondary Education and sponsored by
the National Council on Occupational Education and the Community College
Humanities Association, 1986-1988.

1. "Socrates and
Non-Traditional Philosophy", a paper presented at the Long Island
Philosophical Society XII annual Fall Meeting, December 6, 1975, State
University of New York, Stonybrook.

2. "Philosophy and
Interdisciplinary Studies", a paper presented at the Planning Convention
on Teaching Philosophy - Humanities, sponsored in part by the American
Philosophical Association, held on March 13, 1976 at the State
University of New York at Farmingdale.

3. "Philosophy in
Disguise", a paper presented at the Symposium on Teaching Philosophy at
Two-Year Colleges held at SUNY at Farmingdale, November 5 and 6, 1977
sponsored by the American Philosophical Association and the Matchette
Foundation.

4. "Process View of
Philosophy Teaching", a paper presented at the Second Biennial National
Workshop Conference on Teaching Philosophy at Union College,
Schenectady, New York, August 9, 1978.

5. "Need for Basic
Information in Discussion of Teaching Philosophy at Two-Year Colleges" a
paper presented at the Symposium for Teaching Philosophy held at SUNY -
Farmingdale, November 4 and 5, 1978, sponsored by the American
Philosophical Association and the Matchette Foundation.

6. "The Graduate School
Preparation of Professional Philosophy Instructors at Two-Year
Colleges", a paper presented at the Symposium for Teaching Philosophy
held at SUNY - Farmingdale, November 3 - 5, 1979 sponsored by the
American Philosophical Association and the Matchette Foundation.

7. "Ethics and Career
Education", a paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Division of
the American Philosophical Assocation in N.Y.C., December 29, 1979.

8. "Introductory Logic
Texts", a paper presented at the third National Workshop Conference on
Teaching Philosophy held in Toledo, Ohio, August 14-17 , 1980.

9. "Teaching Ethics in
the Undergraduate Curriculum", presented at a Conference on Teaching
Philosophy sponsored by the Matchette Foundation and the APA Committee
on Teaching Philosophy at Two Year Colleges, at SUNY-Farmingdale,
November 1-2, 1980.

10. "Teaching
Introductory Logic", a paper presented at the 18th annual Fall meeting
of the Long Island Philosophical Society, October 31, 1981, at New York
City Technical College.

11. "Logic and
Remediation", a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern and
Southern Divisions of the Community College Humanities Association,
Washington, D.C.,October 16,1981.

12. "Informal Logic and
the Two-Year Curriculum," a paper presented at the Eastern Division
meeting of the American Philosophical Association in Philadelphia,
Dec.28,1981.

13. "Philosophy and
Science Fiction," a paper presented at the 19th annual Fall meeting of
the Long Island Philosophical Society held at the New York Institute of
Technology on October 23, 1982.

14. "Ethics and Teaching
Philosophy", the presidential address delivered to the American
Association of Philosophy Teachers at the Fifth International Workshop
Conference on Teaching Philosophy held in Toledo, Ohio, August 15,1984.

15. "A Methodology for
the Analysis and Evaluation of Ordinary Language Arguments," a paper
presented at the Conference on Critical Thinking at Christopher Newport
College, Newport News, Virginia, April 11, 1985.

16. "Models for
Instruction in Critical Thought within Two-Year College Curricula," a
paper presented at the Conference on Critical Thinking at Christopher
Newport College, Newport News, Virginia, April 12, 1985.

20. "Critical Thinking: A
Caution Concerning New Approaches", a paper presented at the National
Conference of the Community College Humanities Association, November 20,
1986 in San Francisco.

21. "Teaching Plato in an
Introductory Philosophy Course", a seminar presentation at the Eastern
Division of the Community College Humanities Association, New Jersey,
November 13, 1987.

22. Reply to: " Analysis
of a Dialogue on Determinism and Free Will: A Controlled Experiment in
Critical Thinking", at the meeting of the Association for Informal Logic
and Critical Thinking with the APA in New York, December 28, 1987.

16. "Teaching
Introductory Logic," a presentation for theTeaching Fellows Seminar at
Fordham University, May 8,1981.17. "Nursing and Professional Ethics," a
presentation for theQ.C.C. Student Nurses' Association, October 21,
1981.

18. "Teaching Philosophy
as a Profession," a presentation tothe graduate students of the
Philosophy Department at S.U.N.Y. atStony Brook, December 1, 1981.

19. "The Right to Health
Care," a lecture in the Q.C.C. Health Lecture Series, December 8, 1981.

20. "Ethics in
Education," A paper presented at the NewmanCenter of Q.C.C., November
10,1982.

21. "Nursing,Ethics and
the Law," a lecture for the Q.C.C.Student Nurses' Association, February
23, 1983.

22. "The Use of Dead
Bodies," a lecture in the Q.C.C. HealthLecture Series, March 23, 1983.

23. "Ethical Dilemmas in
the Care of the Dying," a lecture for the Q.C.C. student Nurses'
Association, November 2, 1983.

24. "The Moral Right to
Refuse Treatment," a lecture for theQ.C.C. Student Nurses' Association,
February 7, 1984.

25. "The Importance of
Critical Thinking, Critical Reading and Critical Writing in the
Undergraduate Curriculum," a paper presented to the Faculty Development
Workshop at Bergen Community College, November 29, 1984.

26. "The Value of the
Humanities in the Undergraduate Curriculum," a paper presented to the
Faculty development Workshop at Bergen Community College, April 23,
1985.

27. "Critical Thinking in
the Undergraduate Curriculum," a paper for the Faculty Development
Program, University of Toledo, February 28, 1986.

3. Panel Moderator for
session on Innovations in Teaching Philosophy at the Long Island
Philosophical Society Meeting, December 3, 1977 at C.W. Post College.

4. Member of Program
Committee for 2nd Biennial National Workshop Conference on Teaching
Philosophy, Union College, Schenectady, New York, August, 1978.

5. Moderator of a Panel
on Ethics for Fall meeting of the Long Island Philosophical Society,
Hofstra University, October 7, 1978.

6. Member of Program
Committee for the Third National Workshop Conference on Teaching
Philosophy at the University of Toledo, from Sept. 1978 to Aug. 1980.

7. Panel Moderator for
meeting of the Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy at Two-Year
Colleges of the American Philosophical Association held at the APA
Eastern Division Meeting in Washington, D.C. December, 1978.